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122 A KEPPOCH SONG. cant<
See youth and high rank cease to live,
See Buckingham's* fell wound!
See Lancaster does meet his flight,
The good Duke Humfreyf he;
Both victims to black priestcraft spite,
Religion's stains you see.
How many crimes under that name,
Th' world's history pollutes ;
Hell's foul disgusting roll of fame,
Man sunk below the brutes.
Religion's hypocritic cloak,
Who shall attempt to wash?
Crimes of all kinds the senses shock,
Faith staggers at each gash.
The bell another peal now gave,
A gallant youth now bleeds;
The hopeful Surry £, learn'd and brave,
How mourns the muse such deeds!
* Edward Stafford, last Duke of Buckingham, and last he-
reditary high constable of England, beheaded in the reign of
Henry the Eighth, a victim to Cardinal Wolsey.
+ Humfrey, Duke of Lancaster, stiffled in his bed, by the
contrivance of his uncle, the Cardinal Bishop of Winchester,
in the reign of Henry the Sixth.
J Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, beheaded about the close
of the reign of Henry the Eighth.
See youth and high rank cease to live,
See Buckingham's* fell wound!
See Lancaster does meet his flight,
The good Duke Humfreyf he;
Both victims to black priestcraft spite,
Religion's stains you see.
How many crimes under that name,
Th' world's history pollutes ;
Hell's foul disgusting roll of fame,
Man sunk below the brutes.
Religion's hypocritic cloak,
Who shall attempt to wash?
Crimes of all kinds the senses shock,
Faith staggers at each gash.
The bell another peal now gave,
A gallant youth now bleeds;
The hopeful Surry £, learn'd and brave,
How mourns the muse such deeds!
* Edward Stafford, last Duke of Buckingham, and last he-
reditary high constable of England, beheaded in the reign of
Henry the Eighth, a victim to Cardinal Wolsey.
+ Humfrey, Duke of Lancaster, stiffled in his bed, by the
contrivance of his uncle, the Cardinal Bishop of Winchester,
in the reign of Henry the Sixth.
J Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, beheaded about the close
of the reign of Henry the Eighth.
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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